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The Plane Above
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System: Dungeons and Dragons 4e 
Abbreviation: TPA 
Series: D&D Rules Supplement 
Author: Rob Heinsoo, Ari Marmell, Eric Scott de Bie 
Publisher: Wizards of the Coast 
Item Code: 251260000 
Publication Date: April 2010 
Format: Hardcover 
Page Count: 160 
ISBN-10: 9780786953929 
Price: $29.95 C$37.00
 
Product Blurb
Explore the Realm of the Gods

You step through a shimmering portal onto the deck of an astral galleon. Prepare for a voyage unlike any other as you fend off githyanki pirates, thwart the sinister machinations of angels and devils, and challenge the might of the gods and their exarchs. From the cavernous layers of the Nine Hells to the dark dungeons of Tytherion, adventure awaits in every astral dominion and on the vast, uncharted sea that stretches between them.

This Dungeons and Dragons® game supplement explores the Astral Sea in detail, featuring key locations throughout the plane. It also presents new monsters, adventure hooks, encounters, hazards, and everything Dungeon Masters need to make the Astral Sea a featured setting in their campaigns.

This text is quoted from promotion material. Text and images are copyrighted by the original publisher.

Secrets of the Astral Sea™

Table of Contents[edit]

1: Astral Adventuring
Section Page
The Astral Sea 6
Geography 8
Campaign Themes 9
Explore the Infinite Sea 9
Crawl Astral Dungeons 11
Fight Astral Pirates 12
Fight the Gods of Evil 14
Join Heaven's Order 16
Overcome Heaven's Flaws 17
Adventuring into Myth 18
Traveling the Astral Sea 19
Ship-to-Ship Combat
in the Astral Sea
20
Astral Vehicles 20
Dominion Ships 21
Navigating the Astral Sea 25
Adventures of the Astral Sea 27
Environmental Hazards 28
2: Divine Dominions
The World of the Gods 32
The Gods 32
Exarchs 32
Angels 32
Exalted 34
Outsiders 35
Dominions and Border Islands 36
Arvandor 37
The Glorious Hunt 38
Major Areas 40
Adventure Hooks 41
Encounter Groups 41
The Green Isles: Arvandor's
Archipelago
42
Celestia 44
Major Areas 45
Gods of Celestia 45
The Game of Mountains 46
The Foothills:
Celestia's Archipelago
47
Chernoggar 51
Gods of Chernoggar 52
Major Areas 53
Adventures 55
Between War and Destruction 56
The War Expands 58
The Shrapnels:
Chernoggar's Islands
59
Hestavar 61
Gods of Hestavar 61
The Daybreak Islands:
Hestevar's Archipelago
64
The Nine Hells 65
Asmodeus's Fall and
the Foundation of Hell
65
Devilish Motives
and Adventures
66
Avernus, the Burning Wastes 68
Adventure: Hell's Bods 70
The Outer Torments:
Hell's Border Islands
76
Tytherion 80
Tiamat's Realm: Azharul 80
Samaragd,
the Serpent's Kingdom
82
The Scales
Tytherion's Archipelago
88
3: The Deep Astral Sea
Races of the Astral Sea 92
Couatls 92
Outlook and Interaction 92
Cloudlands 93
Life and Culture 93
Githyanki 94
History of the Githyanki 94
Life and Culture 96
Outlook and Interaction 96
Maruts 98
Life and Culture 98
Outlook and Interaction 99
Major Sites 100
Quom 101
History of the Quom 101
Life and Culture 102
Outlook and Interaction 102
Shattered Dominions 104
Carceri 104
The Isles of Carceri 105
Adventures 106
Environmental Features 107
Erishani 108
Adventure Hooks 109
Environmental Features 109
Encounter Groups 109
Adventure: The Monolith Stirs 110
Kalandurren 114
Environmental Features 115
Encounter Groups 115
Pandemonium 116
Adventure Hooks 117
Environmental Features 118
Encounter Groups 119
Shom 119
Death of a God,
Rise of the Illumians
119
The Shattering of the Word 119
Adventure Hooks 121
Environmental Features 121
Encounter Groups 121
Encounter: Purifiers of Shom 122
Motes in the Astral Sea 124
Archanus 124
Eldregaard 124
The Forgotten Sanctuary 125
Frostburn 125
Kar'ka Dun 126
Mutas 126
Pluton, the Gray Waste 126
Shivering Spires 126
The Triad Islands 127
Zulkolosz 127
4: Astral Denizens
Abomination 130
Astral Render 130
Hundred-Handed One 130
Malediction 131
Nullifier 132
Voracia 133
Banesworn 134
Banesworn Warrior 134
Banesworn War Priest 134
Juggernaut of
the Black Hand
135
Banesworn Iron Bulwark 135
Banesworn Lore 135
Encounter Groups 135
Devil 136
Burning Devil 136
Indwelling Devil 137
Pillager Devil 138
Warder Devil 139
Exalted of Erathis 140
Exalted of Kord 141
Githyanki 142
Ch'r'ai Inquisitors 142
Duthka'gith 142
Githyanki Far Wanderer 143
Githyanki Blackweave 144
Githyanki Ghustil 144
Githyanki Pyroclast 145
Githyanki Sword Stalker 145
Gul'othran Marauder 146
Gul'othran Dragon Raider 146
Tu'narathi Dragon Rider 147
Osyrimon 148
Vlaakith 149
Gruumsh 150
Battlesworn of Gruumsh 150
Exarchs of Gruumsh 152
Quom 156
Quom Fanatic 156
Quom Enforcer 156
Quom Harpoonist 156
Quom Desperate 157
Durud Fragment Mage 157
Durud Healer 158
Durud Slayer 159

Monsters By Level     159


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Facts about "The Plane Above"
AbbreviationTPA +
AuthorRob Heinsoo +, Ari Marmell + and Eric Scott de Bie +
Help Wanted ReasonImage Needed +
ISBN9780786953929 +
Item Code251260000 +
Media TypeHardcover +
Page Count160 +
Publication DateApril 2010 +
PublisherWizards of the Coast +
SystemDungeons and Dragons 4e +
TitleThe Plane Above +